These, then, are the justifying conceptions of the spirit of our age; that commerce is the foundation of human progress and prosperity and the great artisan of human character.
Calvin Coolidge: “These, then, are the justifying conceptions of the spirit of our age; that commerce is the foundation of human progress…”
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Coolidge articulates that commerce is foundational to progress and character development.
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